Petroleum Engineering, B.S./M.S.

Undergraduate Major Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Petroleum and Similarly Named Engineering Programs Program Criteria.​

A minimum grade of C is required for each course in the curriculum.

Students may enter the accelerated program based on the undergraduate degree pattern offered in the year they first enrolled in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or later.

Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA from the time of entering the accelerated program until graduation.

Students must take the GRE and apply for the MS program during the third year; minimum OU GPA and combined GPA of 3.0 is required.  Students should submit an application to the School of Petroleum Engineering for the accelerated program during the fall semester of the Junior year. Students must also apply to the Graduate College during the spring semester of the Senior year to be admitted by that college to the MS program.

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An approved PE elective may be taken in place of P E 3220 for 1 to 3 credit hours.

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These 9 hours of coursework are applied to both the BS and MS degrees.

Major Support Requirements

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The MATH 1823, MATH 2423, MATH 2433, and MATH 2443 sequence can be substituted for MATH 1914, MATH 2924, and MATH 2934.

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Technical Electives to be selected from upper-division courses from the College of Earth and Energy and College of Engineering.

Graduate Requirements

• Students may apply only 3 credit hours of S/U graded coursework (excluding thesis research) toward the M.S.

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For non-Thesis option M.S. students P E 5980 will be replaced by 12 hours of graduate-level electives approved by the graduate liaison. The Thesis option requires one of the following: 1. Publish a paper in a refereed journal or conference proceeding. 2. Paper accepted for publication in a journal. 3. Oral presentation of a paper at a conference. 4. Oral presentation as part of the department graduate seminar. The student must be listed as first or second author and the topic must relate to the student's thesis. The Graduate College will not authorize a student to defend until the graduate liaison has confirmed the student has met this requirement.

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Applied Math course - One course from the following list or approved by the department: MATH 4163, P E 5563, or P E 5990 (Topic: Petroleum Inverse Studies).

General Education and College Requirements

Courses for fulfillment of General Education and college requirements must be from the approved General Education course list at http://www.ou.edu/content/gened/courses.html. Courses graded P/NP will not apply

UNIVERSITY-WIDE GENERAL EDUCATION (MINIMUM 40 HOURS) AND COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS

At least three hours of Upper-Division General Education coursework must be completed outside the major.

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Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy Sciences requirements that also satisfy University General Education requirements.

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Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering requirements that also satisfy University General Education requirements.

ADDITIONAL MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY REQUIREMENT

Free Electives

Electives to bring total applicable hours to 147-153 including 40 upper-division hours.

Suggested Semester Plan of Study

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Petroleum and Similarly Named Engineering Programs Program Criteria.​

In order to progress in your curriculum, and as a specific graduation requirement, a grade of C or better is required in each course in the curriculum. Students must successfully complete prerequisite courses (with a minimum C grade) before proceeding to the next course.

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CHEM 1315 and CHEM 1415 can be substituted with CHEM 1335 (Fall only) and CHEM 1435 (Spring only), respectively.

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The MATH 1823, MATH 2423, MATH 2433, and MATH 2443 sequence can be substituted for MATH 1914, MATH 2924, and MATH 2934.

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To be chosen from the University-Wide General Education Approved Course List. Three of these twelve hours must be upper-division (3000-4000). See list in the Class Schedule.

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An approved PE elective may be taken in place of P E 3220 for 1 to 3 credit hours.

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Shared Hours: 9 hours may be applied to both BS and MS degrees.

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Technical Electives to be selected from upper-division courses from the College of Earth and Energy and College of Engineering.

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For non-Thesis option M.S. students P E 5980 will be replaced by 12 hours of graduate-level electives approved by the graduate liaison. The Thesis option M.S. requires publication or acceptance of a paper or conference proceeding with the student as first or second author in a topic relating to the student's thesis. The Graduate college will not authorize a student to defend until the graduate liaison has confirmed the student has met this requirement.

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Applied Math course - One course from the following list or approved by the department: MATH 4163, P E 5563, or P E 5990 (Topic: Petroleum Inverse Studies).

• Courses designated as Core I, II, III, IV, or V are part of the General Education curriculum. Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of General Education courses, chosen from the approved lists.
• Two college-level courses in a single language are required; this may be satisfied by successful completion of 2 years in a single language in high school. Students who must  take language at the University will have an additional 6-10 hours of coursework.
• Students may apply only 3 credit hours of S/U graded coursework (excluding thesis research) toward the M.S.